A two-echelon allocation model and the value of information under correlated forecasts and demands

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 386-400

  Güll̈, Refik ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Inventory; Multi echelon

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; COST ACCOUNTING; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETAIL STORES;

RETAILERS; TWO ECHELON ALLOCATION MODEL;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0031162926     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-2217(96)00166-x     Document Type: Article

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